BP SPREADS BLAME

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REDEYE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

From news services

WASHINGTON A BP investigation of the Gulf of Mexico disaster played down the company's role in the world's worst offshore oil spill, seeking to share the blame with its contractors. BP investigators were unable to identify any single action or inaction that caused the Deepwater Horizon rig to blow up April 20, killing 11 workers and rupturing the well a mile below the surface. "Rather, a complex and interlinked series of mechanical failures, human judgments, engineering design, operational implementation and team interfaces came together to allow the initiation escalation of the accident", the report said. "Multiple companies, work teams and circumstances were involved over time". The report highlighted eight key failures that, in combination, led to the blowout of the Macondo well and the subsequent explosion, which unleashed a surge of crude that lasted until the well was capped three months later July15, after 4.9 million barrels of oil had leaked into the sea.

I am worry about the animals live in the sea.